Report Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach, Austria

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach2 Commision 7 – Key issues of Workplan providing visions for future cadastre and land management taking the role as a mastermind in developing effective land management thinking about new models of land administration for sustainable development initiating professional discussions on new business models as required by a changing society securing land tenure and advocating citizens’ rights but at the same time, staying pragmatic about what is feasible in cultural and social diversity and how commitment among stakeholders can be created for the benefit of the society and for the reputation of the profession in providing sustainability and advocacy to citizens, land owners and stakeholders

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach3 Cadastral Template 2.0 D. Steudler (CH) FIG Commission 7 on Cadastre & Land Management Joint WG C3/C7 3D Cadastre WG 7.1 Fit-For-Purpose LA Ch. Lemmen (NL) WG 7.1 Fit-For-Purpose LA Ch. Lemmen (NL) WG 7.2 LM in CC and PP Disaster areas D. Páez (CO) WG 7.2 LM in CC and PP Disaster areas D. Páez (CO) WG 7.3 Crowdsourcing of Land Rights R. McLaren (UK) WG 7.3 Crowdsourcing of Land Rights R. McLaren (UK) WG 7.4 Citizen Cadastre G. Iván (HUN) WG 7.4 Citizen Cadastre G. Iván (HUN) Chair G. Schennach (AT)

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach4 Events 2015/16 – (co-)organized by Commission 7 FIG Working Week, Technical Sessions, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2015 Annual Meeting 2015 Commission 7 in Malta, Nov 2015 WGs focus on access to land, registration of land rights, securing land tenure, citizen involvement, data acquisition, business models Joint Com3/Com7 International Workshop on Crowdsourcing of Land Information in Malta, Nov 2015 more 80 participants, presentations covering all issues of Workplan Joint Com2/ISPRS/Com7 Workshop on the Role of Land Professionals and SDI in Disaster Risk Reduction in Kathmandu/Nepal, Nov 2015 supported by Commission 7

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach5 Events – active participation 2015/16 Partners meeting of the Global Land Tool Network GLTN, Nairobi, Kenya, October 2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington DC, US, March 2016 VIII Regional Conference on Cadastre and Spatial Data Infrastructure, Pristina/Kosovo, June 2015 Conference of the Permanent Comittee of Cadastre in Iberoamerica (CPCI), Brasilia/Brasil, August 2015, 7th Congress of the Moroccan National Ordre of Surveyors and Topographic Engineers (ONIGT), Rabat/Morocco, Oct 2015 CDMPS International Symposium on Disaster Management. Melbourne, Australia, Oct 2015 Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015: Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity. Washington, US. March 2015 X National Congress and VII International Congress of topographers. Bogotá, Colombia, Nov UN Climate Change Conference-COP21*CMP11. Paris, France, Dec National Debate on the State land policy, Morocco, Rabat, Dec 2015 ……and some more LADM – Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration – Security of land tenure Crowdsourcing – citizen oriented services - Pre- and Post disaster management – Climate change impacts on land

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach6 Cross-border Working Co-operation with Com 1, Com 2, Com 3, Com 8 UN FAO, UN Habitat, UN GGIM, World Bank, GLTN National public authorities, professional associations (FIG member and non- members), regional bodies Fit For Purpose guidelines (Enemark, McLaren, Lemmen), FIG WW 2016 preparations for LADM Edition II in co-operation with the FIG Standards Network pilot for platform for emergencies and disasters in Colombia statement on role of Land Professionals in co-operation with Commission 1 analysis about long-term strategies for compensating impacts of climate change land owners incorporate new data collection technologies, such as by drones, as a core element of better land management for disaster response Upcoming initiatives 2016/17

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach7 Upcoming events /17 Commission 7 Annual Meeting II/2016, Coimbra/Portugal, Oct 2016 International Workshop on Cadastre 4.0 – Transparency, Participation, Collaboration in Coimbra/Portugal, Oct 2016 Joint FIG Commissions 7 and 8, FAO and NL Kadaster Symposium on Land Consolidation and Readjustment for Sustainable Development - Designing Resilient Landscapes and Empowering Communities, 9 – 11 Nov 2016, Netherlands. early spring 2017 – International Seminar in Morocco, tbc International FIG Workshop of Commission 7 on Security of Land Rights in PP disaster areas in 2017 (proposed venue – Bogota/Colombia)

Commission 7 Cadastre & Land Management Chair G. Schennach8 Thanks to all Com7 Vice-Chairs, esp. to Chairs of WGs 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Task Force leaders Cadastral Template 2.0 local organisers in Malta, Nepal, Sofia and Christchurch all Com7 Delegates and friends and speakers FIG Head Office